On 7/4/04 11:11, "Mike Beede" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote, stating:
Mike -
Thanks for your post below. I was able to update mine using my Safari
browser with no trouble whatsoever. If that had failed, my next step was to
explore how to do it via TFTP.
Again, thanks
bob
>
> On Jul 2, 2004, at 10:50 AM, Scott Warren wrote:
>
>> The mac users I support here, once they hear "mac not supported" they
>> don't get that out of their head even though its not true.... [...]
>
> Turns out your simplified instructions don't work on a router
> with sufficiently out-of-date firmware. No idea if the version
> he was upgrading was that old or not.
>
> Older firmware versions of the router expect an upload via
> TFTP, which isn't supported by any browser I'm familiar with.
> I _assume_ newer firmware will accept an upload via HTTP.
> The link that was posted in the original message explains what
> to do if you need to update a sufficiently out-of-date router
> using a Mac. Note that in that case, you _do_ need software
> other than a browser to update the router--you need a TFTP
> client. These are available for both OS X and OS 9--not
> sure which one the original poster was using.
>
> Bob, if you're still having trouble with it and it doesn't make
> sense after you read the document you posted the link to
> (<http://www.mactechnologies.com/pages/tftpinst.html#linksys>),
> we'll try to explain further.
>
> Mike Beede
>
>
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